Disney Releases Trailer For Giannis Antetokounmpo Movie Called 'Rise', Drop Date
Disney+ released the trailer for the imminent movie approximately Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family, known as "Rise."
The enterprise additionally stated the film may be available to observe on Disney+ starting June 24.
Back in February, Giannis Antetokounmpo and his circle of relatives visited Walt Disney Studios to look at an early reduce of the film about their adventure.
"Cannot wait to percentage it with the sector," Antetokounmpo tweeted then along with a photo of him with his mother, Veronica, and his brother Thanasis.
When it at the start turned into introduced in 2019, it become titled "Greek Freak."
The film will follow the adventure of the Antetokounmpo own family from Nigeria to Greece to the USAA. It will be an inspiring tale about how a circle of relatives launched the career of 3 NBA champions, Giannis, Thanasis, and Kostas.
Giannis and Thanasis each play for the Milwaukee Bucks and are 2021 world champions, and their brother Kostas, gained the identify in 2020 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
A press release from Disney+ explains part of the film and journey as such: "After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to live on and offer for their 5 youngsters, whilst living below the each day danger of deportation. With their oldest son nevertheless in Nigeria with spouse and children, the couple have been desperate to achieve Greek citizenship however observed themselves undermined via a gadget that blocked them at every flip. When they weren’t selling objects to travelers on the streets of Athens with the relaxation of the circle of relatives, advocated via their father, the brothers would sneak away to play basketball with a local youth team. Latecomers to the game, they observed their exceptional competencies on the basketball courtroom and labored tough to turn out to be global magnificence athletes. With the assist of an agent, Giannis entered the NBA Draft in 2013 in a long shot prospect that could exchange now not most effective his life but the life of his entire circle of relatives."
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